Blues in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley
Steve Bransford, Emory University
Essay Sections:
Per Capita Income and Percentage of Residents
Living Below the Poverty Line in Georgia Counties in the Lower Chattahoochee
Region.
Listed below
are the poverty line percentages and per capita income figures for the
fourteen Georgia counties in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley. With the
exception of Harris and Chattahoochee counties (directly north and southwest
of Columbus), all the counties are poorer than the state average.
Troup
Below poverty line %: 14.8
Per capita income: $17,626
Harris
Below poverty line %: 8.2
Per capita income: $21,680
Muscogee
Below poverty line %: 15.7
Per capita income: $18,262
Chattahoochee
Below poverty line %: 10.6
Per capita income: $14,049
Stewart
Below poverty line %: 22.2
Per capita income: $16,071
Quitman
Below poverty line %: 21.9
Per capita income: $14,301
Randolph
Below poverty line %: 27.7
Per capita income: $11,809
Clay
Below poverty line %: 31.3
Per capita income: $16,819
Early
Below poverty line %: 25.7
Per capita income: $14,936
Decatur
Below poverty line %: 22.7
Per capita income: $15,063
Seminole
Below poverty line %: 23.2
Per capita income: $14,635
Marion
Below poverty line %: 22.4
Per capita income: $14,044
Talbot
Below poverty line %: 24.2
Per capita income: $14,539
Terrell
Below poverty line %: 28.6
Per capita income: $13,894
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Published: 16 March 2004
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